Photos: Michael Jordan to auction Chicago-area mansion

Michael Jordan has listed his Chicago-area mansion for auction after failing to fetch the original listed price of $29 million.

The 56,000-square-foot house has nine bedrooms, 15 bathrooms and a regulation-size NBA court, and it's located on a 7.39-acre lot in Highland Park, Ill., roughly 25 miles north of Chicago, where Jordan led the Bulls to six championships in the 1990s.

The paper notes that Jordan, now owner of the Bobcats, moved into the home in 1994, shortly after the Bulls completed their first three-peat, and that he was unable to sell the estate even after lowering his asking price to $21 million. The auction bidding will commence on Nov. 22.

An ESPN The Magazineprofile of Jordan, 50, joked that his new digs, which sit on a golf course in Florida, amount to his "retirement home."

This Highland Park estate, though, is Jordan as the world knew him during his athletic prime, beginning with the estate's front gate, which bears his iconic jersey No. 23. The centerpiece -- at least for the hoops junkie -- is the basketball court, which is equipped with a custom sound system and is flanked by locker rooms and showers. A card room and a putting green also offered Jordan the opportunity to pursue his favorite pastimes.